ALIENS SUPPLEMENTARY FAQ By Peter Ronaszeki This section is designed to include areas of discussion not included or covered in enough detail by the superb FAQ. This will be expanded as time goes on. If anyone wishes to formally add this to the FAQ then e-mail predator@tartarus.uwa.edu.au. ALIENS SUPPLEMENTARY FAQ CONTENTS 1. Other films from the directors/writers/actors of the alien movies. The quality of the alien movies are largely due to the great directors, writers, and cast; so you should check out some other movies in which they feature in. This section will only list the generally recommended ones. - James Cameron (writer, director and production designer for ALIENS) and largely considered one of the greatest action/sci-fi directors ever; See THE TERMINATOR, THE ABYSS SPECIAL EDITION, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY, TRUE LIES. - Ridley Scott (director for ALIEN); See BLADE RUNNER: DIRECTOR'S CUT, LEGEND. - David Fincher (director for ALIEN^3); See SEVEN. - Bill Paxton (played Private Hudson in ALIENS); See NEAR DARK, TWISTER, ONE FALSE MOVE, WEIRD SCIENCE, TRUE LIES, PREDATOR 2, THE TERMINATOR, TOMBSTONE, MONOLITH, TRESPASS, APOLLO 13. - Lance Henriksen (played Bishop in ALIENS and Bishop II in ALIEN^3); See NEAR DARK, HARD TARGET, THE TERMINATOR, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, the television series MILLENIUM, and 40+ other movies! - Michael Biehn (played Corporal Dwayne Hicks in ALIENS); See THE TERMINATOR, TOMBSTONE, THE ROCK, THE ABYSS, NAVY SEALS. - Paul Reiser (played Carter Burke in ALIENS); See television series MAD ABOUT YOU. - Sigourney Weaver (played Ellen Ripley in all ALIEN movies); See GHOSTBUSTERS, 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE, COPYCAT. 2. Films influenced by, ripping off or related to the alien movies. - PREDATOR 2's slaughterhouse sequence is very similar to the initial Marine/Aliens encounter in ALIENS. - In THE ROCK, Michael Biehn going over Alcatraz's blueprints with his team is very similar to when he is looking over the blueprints in ALIENS. - The movie XTRO 2 is a complete rip-off of ALIENS in most ways. - SPECIES has an alien designed by H.R. Giger, who was responsible for the designs in ALIEN and ALIEN^3 (James Cameron did most of the designs in ALIENS). - The bio-mechanical armour in INDEPENDENCE DAY has similarities to the designs of the ALIEN movies. 3. Video games concerning and related to the alien movies. - The Sega arcade game ALIEN^3: THE GUN is probably the best video game so far, in term of quality alien action. The Pulse Rifles on the cabinet even shake like hell as you fire them! Great stuff! - ALIEN TRILOGY (programmed by Probe) is available on the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Saturn, and is the best game in terms of capturing the atmosphere and feel of the movies perfectly. It plays a lot like DOOM, but with more suspense and less action. It also features stunning CGI segments that recreate some of the movies' scenes via Acclaim MotionCapture technology. There is a sequel to this currently planned. - ALIENS VS. PREDATOR on the Atari Jaguar is a game somewhat similar to ALIEN TRILOGY but is older and less graphically elegant. However, it lets the player control an Alien or a Predator, as well as the standard Colonial Marine. - ALIENS VS. PREDATOR the Capcom arcade game, is a beat-em-up style fighting game similar to the old Capcom game FINAL FIGHT. It lets you play as either two human characters from the Dark Horse comics or as one of two different Predators. A fun game, but it takes incredible liberties in terms of the universe of the films. - ALIENS VS. PREDATOR the Super Nintendo game is a poor attempt at a fighting game. A little bit like the Capcom arcade but without any of the things that made it great. Avoid this game. - There was an ALIENS arcade game (by Konami?) which was a platform shooter where you controlled Ripley and you had to make your way through a number of levels from the movie. This was an excellent game, but I don't think it is available anywhere anymore. :( - There were also a few poor ALIENS games released on the Commodore 64, Spectrum, Amstrad and Nintendo Gameboy, but they contain nothing of interest. - ALIENS THE COMIC BOOK ADVENTURE is a PC CD-ROM game using art in the Dark Horse comics style, and combining it with PC type gameplay (don't know much about this actually). - The Neo Geo game SAMURAI SHODOWN 2 has an ALIEN scull boiling in a bot stirred by demons in one of the backgrounds. 4. Things we'd like to see in future alien films. (casts/crew/plots) - James Cameron to come back and make another movie. (*everyone* seems to want this *except* for James Cameron!) - One of the films should involve the inevitable visit to the Alien Homeworld, where we can gain a little more insight and information about the species. - Clone Hudson back from the dead!!! Yeah! Do it!! :) 5. The Alien Movies in their own words (reading over this section should give you the feel of what the Alien movies are all about!). ALIEN: Ash: (about the Alien) "I admire it's purity, a survivor, unclouted by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality." ALIENS - This time it's War: Sergeant Apone: "All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I love the Corps!" Private Hudson: "Man, this floor is freezing!" Sergeant Apone: "What do you want me to do, fetch your slippers for you?" Private Hudson: "Gee, would you, sir? I'd like that." Sergeant Apone: "Look into my eye." Private Hudson: "Hey, Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?" Private Vasquez: "No, have you?" Private Drake: "Oh, Vasquez. You're just too bad." Private Hudson: "Is this going to be a stand-up fight, sir, or another bug hunt?" Private Hudson: "We're on an express elevator to hell, going down!" Private Hudson: "Check it out. I am the ultimate bad-ass! The state of the bad-ass art. You do not want to fuck with me! Hey, Ripley, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate bad-asses will protect you! Check it out. Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Phwhap!! Fry half a city with this puppy... We got tactical smart missles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball-breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks..." Sergeant Apone: "Knock it off, Hudson!" Corporal Ferro: "We're in the pipe, five by five." Private Hudson: "There's movement all over the place!" Private Crowe: "Hey, what are we supposed to use, man, harsh language?" Private Vasquez: "Let's rock!!!!" Private Hudson: "Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked pal!" Private Hudson: "Look, let's just bug out and call it even, OK? What are we talking about this for?!?" Ripley: "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the onlyway to be sure." Private Hudson: "Fuckin' A!!" Burke: "This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it." Ripley: "They can bill me!" Private Hudson: "Well that's great. That's just fucking great, man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do?!? We're in some real pretty shit now, man!" Private Hudson: "That's it, man. Game over man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now?! What are we gonna do?!?" Burke: "Maybe we should start a fire... sing a couple of songs huh? Maybe we should try that!" Private Hudson: "Seventeen days?! Hey man, I don't want to rain on your parade, but we're not going to last 17 hours. Those things are going to come in here just like they did before, and they're going to come in here, and they're going to come in here, and they're going to kill us!" Ripley: "We'd better think of something, we'd better think of a way!" Private Hudson: "Think of what?!? We're fucked!" Corporal Hicks: "Shut up!" Private Hudson:"We're doomed!" Corporal Hicks: "Shut up!" Bishop: "I'm afraid I have some bad news." Private Hudson: "Well that's a switch!" Bishop: "I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid." Private Hudson: "Maybe we got 'em demoralized." Private Hudson: "I say we grease this rat-fuck son-of-a-bitch right now!" Private Hudson (his dying words): "Motherfucker! Come on, come get it, baby! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on, you bastards! Come on, you too! Oh, you want some of this?!? Fuck you! Aaaah! Fuck you! Hicks! Hicks! Aaaaaah!" Ripley: "Get away from her you bitch!" Bishop: "Not bad, for a human." 6. Aliens Movie Watching Rituals - Every time Hudson says something, say it with him. - Cheer loudly when: * the "Directed by James Cameron" credit comes on-screen * Hudson swears * the Drop-Ship drops * Hicks introduces the robot sentries * an Alien or Facehugger is wasted * Burke gets wasted - Drink (alcoholic refreshment of your choice) when: * an Alien is first seen * a smart-gun is fired * the Drop-Ship crashes * Hudson dies (drink double for this) 7. Extra info and trivia - Bill Paxton was so paraniod about his performance after finishing filming of Alien, he was *sure* no-one would warm to his portrayal and his career would be over, he even considered joining the Foreign Legion (from an interview in US Magazine). His concerns turned out to be 100% unwarranted, since his performance has since been universally acclaimed as one of the most memorable in science fiction history. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL NOTE: This is an originally authored document © Peter Ronaszeki 1996. Please e-mail predator@tartarus.uwa.edu.au for permission to use it for anything other than personal use.